‘We are hopeful, but he is certainly not out of the woods yet,’ she
said.

Early treatment improves a patient’s chances of survival and
Strickland said Brantly recognized his own symptoms and began
receiving care immediately.

The highly contagious virus is one of the most deadly diseases in
the world. The World Health Organization said the outbreak is the
largest ever recorded, killing more than 670 people in Liberia,
Guinea and Sierra Leone since it began earlier this year.

More than 1,000 others have been infected by the virus, which can
go unnoticed for three weeks and kills 90 per cent of victims.
The outbreak started in Guinea in February and spread to
neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone in weeks.